The origins of most diner phrases are shrouded in mystery or lost to history, and different regions and restaurants use different terminology for the same items, but this list should give you an idea of what's going on when you hear your waitress screaming about wrecking two chicks on a raft.

44. Pittsburgh - Toast or burn something so it's charred on the outside but still red on the inside (probably a reference to Pittsburgh's smokestacks or coal beds)

45. Put out the lights and cry - Liver and onions

46. Sand/gravel/yum-yum - Sugar

47. Sea dust - salt

48. Shingle with a shimmy and a shake - Buttered toast with jam

49. Shoot from the South/Atlanta special - Coca-Cola (the company's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia)

50. Radio - A tuna salad sandwich on toast ("tuna down" or tuna on toast, sounds like "turn it down" the command often repeated when the radio is on in the kitchen)

51. Wax - American cheese

52. Whiskey - rye bread

53. Whiskey down - rye toast

54. Wreck 'em - Scrambled eggs

55. 86 - Remove an item from an order or from the menu; throw an item away (plenty of theories on the origins of this one, including: a reference to Article 86 of the New York State Liquor Code, which defines the circumstances under which a patron should be refused alcohol; a reference to coffins, usually eight feet long and buried six feet under; from Chumley's Bar and Restaurant in New York City, where trash was thrown out the back door at 86 Bedford Street;from Delmonico's Restaurant in NYC, where item #86 on their menu, the house steak, was often unavailable due to its popularity.

A list like this is never complete, so tell us your favorite diner lingo if we missed it!